Dickinson Memorial Library

ART  
Oxford Art Online. Visual arts from prehistory to the present. Extensive image links. Available through our membership in C/W MARS

BIOGRAPHY
Biography In Context.  Use this database for over 400,000 biographies covering literary figures, science, multicultural studies, business, entertainment, politics, sports, government, history, current events and the arts.  Indexes all print volumes of the series

BOOKS & LITERATURE
Books & Authors.  Combining over 140,000 titles, 50,000 authors, and thousands of read-alike, award winner and librarian’s favorites lists, Books &  Authors helps bring readers and literature together.

Contemporary Literary Criticism Select.  An extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary writers. Each entry also contains a biographical/critical introduction, a list of principal works, and sources for further study.

KDL What's Next.  Do like to read series in order?  This website is the place to go!  Created by the Kent (MI) District Library

LitFinder.  A wealth of literary works including over 150,000 full-text poems and 800,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays. Also includes secondary materials like biographies, images, and more.

Literature Resource Center.  Biographical entries on more than 135,000 authors providing detailed biographical, bibliographical and contextual information about authors’ lives and works, more than 850,000 full-text articles, critical essays and reviews from over 390 scholarly journals and literary magazines, more than 75,000 selected full-text critical essays and reviews.

NoveList.  Look for books by your favorite author. Search by title, series or plot.  Adult and children's fiction.  Available through our membership in C/W MARS

BUSINESS
Business and Company Resource Center. This comprehensive database offers a dynamic research opportunity, providing accurate, up-to-date company and industry intelligence for thousands of firms. Profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals.
 
General BusinessFile ASAP.  Use this database to research all business and management topics. Includes directory listings for over 150,000 companies as well as investment analysts' reports on major companies and industries.

RDS Business Suite.  Full-text coverage of company and industry news, management practices, and market research information.

EDUCATORS
Educator's Reference Complete.  Use this mainly full-text collection of over 1100 periodicals and 200 reports for educational research from preschool to college.  Every educational specialty can be found here including technology, health and bilingual education, testing, and issues in administration, funding and policy.

GENERAL REFERENCE
Academic OneFile. Use this comprehensive periodical resource of full-text peer-reviewed content for over 10,000 manually indexed journals and reference works covering all subjects, including the full-text of The New York Times back to 1995 and NPR, CNN & CBC transcripts and podcasts.

Expanded Academic. Use this database to find full-text scholarly journals, new magazines and newspapers for all academic disciplines.

General Reference Center Gold.  Use this general interest database for full-text and images from magazines, reference books, and newspapers for information on current events, popular culture, arts and sciences, sports, etc.

Info Trac OneFile.  Use this comprehensive periodical resource for any subject. Coverage goes back to 1980- with over 9,200 titles.

Gale Virtual Reference Library.  A mix of more than 20 full-text reference books covering the arts, biography, business, the environment, history,  literature, medicine, multicultural studies, geography, and science

HEALTH

Health and Wellness Resource Center.  Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, hundreds of pamphlets, over 700 health-related videos from partner Healthology, Inc., and articles from 2,200 general interest publications.

Health Reference Center Academic.  Full-text database that provides full-text nursing & allied health journals, plus current and reliable personal health information.

MedlinePlus.  Health information from the National Library of Medicine.  Maintained by the National Library of Medicine

HISTORY and CURRENT EVENTS

African-American History Online.  Explores more than 500 years of the African-American experience. Browse by topic and by time period - from eight historical periods relevant specifically to African-American history.  Available through our membership in C/W MARS

American History Online.  Spanning more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history, students and researchers can explore the different facets of American history. Content features include biographies, events and topics, primary sources, timelines, image galleries plus maps and charts.  Available through our membership in C/W MARS

American Women's History Online.  An authoritative reference database containing biographies, historical and topical subject entries, primary source documents, maps and charts, an image gallery, and general and subject-specific timelines that cover more than 500 years of American women’s history. Available through our membership in C/W MARS

Global Issues in Context.  International viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issue and country portals that bring together a variety of specially selected, highly relevant sources for analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, and cultural issues. 

Massachusetts History Online. Use this collection for full-text articles from 50 magazines and local newspapers for coverage of Massachusetts people, places and historical events.

Opposing Viewpoints in Context.  Information and opinions on hundreds of today’s hottest social issues. Continuously updated viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites.

United States History in Context. Information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. history.
 
World History in Context. Information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in world history. 

NEWSPAPERS
Massachusetts Newstand

•          The Berkshire Eagle; Pittsfield, Mass. Full Text: 2005 - current
•          Boston Globe; Boston, Mass. Full Text: 1987 - current
•          Boston Globe (pre-1997 Fulltext); Boston, Mass. Full Text: 1980 - 1996
•          Boston Herald; Boston, Mass. Full Text: 1991 - current
•          BusinessWest; Chicopee Full Text: 1992 - current
•          Gazette; Haverhill, Mass. Full Text: 1992 - 1997, some exceptions View details
•          New England Business; Dublin Full Text
•          North Adams Transcript; North Adams, Mass. Full Text: 2005 - current
•          The Patriot Ledger; Quincy, Mass. Full Text: 1991 - current
•          Plymouth County Business Review; Pembroke Full Text: 1991 - current
•          Sentinel & Enterprise; Fitchburg, Mass. Full Text: 2005 - current
•          Standard Times; New Bedford, Mass. Full Text: 1992 - 1997
•          The Sun; Lowell, Mass. Full Text: 2004 - current
•          Telegram & Gazette; Worcester, Mass. Full Text: 1989 - current

Newsbank     Republican, The (Springfield) - (1/1/1988-Current)

New York Times     New York Times.  Full-text of The New York Times from 1995  

SCIENCE

Facts on File Science Online. A complete reference database covering animal anatomy, anthropology and archaeology, astronomy and space technology, atomic  physics, biochemistry, biology, botany, chemistry, computer science, earth science, environmental science, general science, genetics, health and medicine, human anatomy  and physiology, marine science, physics, and  weather and climate.Available through our membership in C/W MARS

Science in Context.  Integrates pure information with today's headlines and videos - showing how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues. 

STUDENTS K - 12
Info Trac K-12 Junior Edition.  Designed for junior high and middle school students. Includes mainly full-text magazines, newspapers and  
reference books covering current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Info Trac  Student Edition.  Designed for secondary school students. Includes mainly full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books covering current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Kids InfoBits.  Targeting the research needs of grades K-5 students. this resources includes Blackbirch Press curriculum support references, 100 full- text age appropriate magazines and 2 newswires. Graphs, charts, maps and over 2,500 searchable images.

Student Resources in Context.  Covering all core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more, this resource provides a premium selection of reference material, more than 1,100 full-text periodicals and newspapers, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips and podcasts.

Note:  All databases not credited are provided by the Mass Board of Library Commissioners